Fertility & birth rates in Bhutan and Tanzania

Fertility rate in Bhutan vs Tanzania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bhutan was 1.46 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.61 in Tanzania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bhutan vs Tanzania population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bhutan	Tanzania
1960	6.7	6.54
1961	6.7	6.56
1962	6.69	6.61
1963	6.69	6.65
1964	6.68	6.68
1965	6.68	6.73
1966	6.67	6.8
1967	6.67	6.86
1968	6.66	6.9
1969	6.66	6.95
1970	6.65	7
1971	6.64	7.04
1972	6.64	7.05
1973	6.63	7.06
1974	6.62	7.12
1975	6.62	7.1
1976	6.62	7.09
1977	6.61	7.07
1978	6.58	7.06
1979	6.55	7.04
1980	6.51	6.99
1981	6.46	6.93
1982	6.4	6.87
1983	6.34	6.81
1984	6.26	6.72
1985	6.18	6.6
1986	6.1	6.49
1987	6	6.41
1988	5.88	6.38
1989	5.76	6.3
1990	5.6	6.2
1991	5.45	6.14
1992	5.27	6.08
1993	5.07	6
1994	4.87	5.89
1995	4.62	5.82
1996	4.37	5.83
1997	4.09	5.84
1998	3.85	5.81
1999	3.61	5.75
2000	3.38	5.67
2001	3.19	5.62
2002	3.01	5.57
2003	2.87	5.58
2004	2.78	5.6
2005	2.73	5.58
2006	2.66	5.51
2007	2.59	5.4
2008	2.48	5.32
2009	2.36	5.26
2010	2.25	5.23
2011	2.15	5.14
2012	2.07	5.14
2013	2	5.16
2014	1.92	5.12
2015	1.84	5.03
2016	1.74	5.01
2017	1.62	4.99
2018	1.52	4.93
2019	1.45	4.87
2020	1.5	4.8
2021	1.49	4.73
2022	1.48	4.67
2023	1.46	4.61
2024	1.45	4.54
2025	1.44	4.47
2026	1.43	4.41
2027	1.42	4.34
2028	1.42	4.28
2029	1.42	4.22
2030	1.42	4.16
2031	1.42	4.11
2032	1.42	4.04
2033	1.42	3.98
2034	1.42	3.94
2035	1.42	3.88
2036	1.43	3.83
2037	1.43	3.76
2038	1.43	3.72
2039	1.43	3.67
2040	1.43	3.63
2041	1.44	3.57
2042	1.44	3.54
2043	1.44	3.49
2044	1.44	3.46
2045	1.44	3.4
2046	1.45	3.39
2047	1.45	3.35
2048	1.45	3.31
2049	1.46	3.25
2050	1.46	3.23

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bhutan	Tanzania
1960	42.3%	44.9%
1961	42.1%	44.8%
1962	41.9%	44.8%
1963	41.8%	44.8%
1964	41.8%	45%
1965	41.7%	45.2%
1966	41.7%	45.4%
1967	41.7%	45.6%
1968	41.8%	45.8%
1969	41.8%	45.9%
1970	41.8%	46%
1971	41.9%	46.1%
1972	42%	46.1%
1973	42.1%	46.2%
1974	42.2%	46.3%
1975	42.3%	46.4%
1976	42.4%	46.5%
1977	42.5%	46.6%
1978	42.6%	46.7%
1979	42.7%	46.9%
1980	42.8%	47.2%
1981	42.9%	47.4%
1982	43%	47.5%
1983	43.1%	47.6%
1984	43.1%	47.5%
1985	43.1%	47.4%
1986	43.1%	47.2%
1987	43.1%	46.9%
1988	43%	46.7%
1989	43%	46.5%
1990	42.9%	46.3%
1991	42.8%	46.2%
1992	42.6%	46%
1993	42.4%	45.5%
1994	42.1%	44.9%
1995	41.7%	44.5%
1996	41.3%	44.7%
1997	40.7%	44.8%
1998	40.1%	44.7%
1999	39.4%	44.7%
2000	38.6%	44.6%
2001	37.7%	44.5%
2002	36.6%	44.6%
2003	35.5%	44.6%
2004	34.3%	44.7%
2005	33.2%	44.8%
2006	32.4%	44.9%
2007	31.6%	45%
2008	30.8%	45.1%
2009	30.1%	45.3%
2010	29.4%	45.3%
2011	28.8%	45.2%
2012	28.3%	45.1%
2013	27.8%	44.9%
2014	27.4%	44.8%
2015	27%	44.5%
2016	26.5%	44.2%
2017	25.8%	44%
2018	25%	43.8%
2019	24.2%	43.6%
2020	23.4%	43.4%
2021	22.7%	43.1%
2022	22%	42.9%
2023	21.5%	42.7%
2024	20.9%	42.5%
2025	20.4%	42.3%
2026	19.8%	42.1%
2027	19.3%	41.9%
2028	18.7%	41.7%
2029	18.3%	41.4%
2030	17.9%	41.1%
2031	17.6%	40.9%
2032	17.4%	40.5%
2033	17.2%	40.2%
2034	17.1%	39.8%
2035	17%	39.5%
2036	16.9%	39.1%
2037	16.8%	38.8%
2038	16.6%	38.4%
2039	16.5%	38.1%
2040	16.3%	37.8%
2041	16.2%	37.5%
2042	16%	37.1%
2043	15.9%	36.8%
2044	15.7%	36.5%
2045	15.6%	36.2%
2046	15.4%	35.9%
2047	15.2%	35.6%
2048	15%	35.4%
2049	14.8%	35.1%
2050	14.6%	34.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.9% of the population in Bhutan and 42.5% in Tanzania in 2024, compared to 42.9% and 46.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bhutan and Tanzania compared.

Natural population change in Bhutan vs Tanzania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Bhutan and +3.05% in Tanzania. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Bhutan	Tanzania
1960	4,888	275,814
1961	5,081	286,839
1962	5,297	300,663
1963	5,551	314,644
1964	5,818	328,527
1965	6,109	343,456
1966	6,418	360,229
1967	6,744	374,763
1968	7,085	389,467
1969	7,435	408,322
1970	7,791	427,988
1971	8,161	449,014
1972	8,549	467,305
1973	8,939	488,429
1974	9,324	515,152
1975	9,775	533,906
1976	10,228	553,617
1977	10,679	574,938
1978	11,133	595,024
1979	11,583	613,388
1980	12,016	629,444
1981	12,444	645,496
1982	12,872	662,627
1983	13,284	679,720
1984	13,688	687,435
1985	14,061	697,867
1986	14,516	705,677
1987	14,887	718,580
1988	15,212	736,551
1989	15,516	743,854
1990	15,704	750,825
1991	15,801	762,011
1992	15,594	767,961
1993	13,915	778,044
1994	13,536	803,953
1995	12,938	838,980
1996	12,153	868,524
1997	11,668	882,544
1998	11,320	920,806
1999	10,940	948,659
2000	10,142	985,185
2001	9,904	1,026,242
2002	9,464	1,063,195
2003	9,132	1,118,435
2004	9,056	1,175,379
2005	9,102	1,224,165
2006	9,197	1,257,927
2007	9,322	1,278,285
2008	9,200	1,303,728
2009	8,913	1,332,015
2010	8,598	1,363,477
2011	8,282	1,384,886
2012	7,967	1,439,325
2013	7,689	1,509,008
2014	7,290	1,565,630
2015	6,762	1,592,882
2016	6,164	1,659,502
2017	5,367	1,726,909
2018	4,909	1,777,852
2019	4,643	1,816,669
2020	5,142	1,861,377
2021	5,162	1,880,137
2022	5,204	1,927,960
2023	5,153	1,960,623

Maternal mortality chart: Bhutan vs Tanzania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 47 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bhutan, compared to 276 deaths in Tanzania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bhutan	Tanzania
1985	969	980
1986	911	971
1987	857	964
1988	798	949
1989	747	927
1990	704	900
1991	671	873
1992	656	864
1993	578	851
1994	544	816
1995	498	797
1996	450	775
1997	415	777
1998	378	739
1999	346	635
2000	324	568
2001	286	493
2002	257	454
2003	229	397
2004	207	365
2005	186	350
2006	167	366
2007	149	453
2008	133	511
2009	121	502
2010	107	486
2011	96	475
2012	86	448
2013	79	479
2014	73	454
2015	68	433
2016	63	396
2017	58	345
2018	55	319
2019	52	292
2020	51	160
2021	50	162
2022	49	152
2023	47	276

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bhutan and 3.89% in Tanzania. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Bhutan	Tanzania
1960	-	24.2%
1961	-	24%
1962	-	23.8%
1963	-	23.6%
1964	-	23.4%
1965	-	23.1%
1966	-	22.8%
1967	-	22.5%
1968	27.4%	22.2%
1969	26.7%	21.9%
1970	26.2%	21.6%
1971	25.5%	21.2%
1972	24.9%	20.9%
1973	24.3%	20.5%
1974	23.6%	20.1%
1975	22.9%	19.6%
1976	22.3%	19.2%
1977	21.6%	18.8%
1978	20.9%	18.4%
1979	20.2%	18.1%
1980	19.5%	17.9%
1981	18.7%	17.8%
1982	18%	17.8%
1983	17.3%	17.8%
1984	16.6%	17.8%
1985	15.9%	17.7%
1986	15.3%	17.6%
1987	14.6%	17.4%
1988	14%	17.2%
1989	13.4%	16.9%
1990	12.8%	16.7%
1991	12.3%	16.5%
1992	11.8%	16.3%
1993	11.3%	16.1%
1994	10.8%	15.9%
1995	10.3%	15.6%
1996	9.75%	15.2%
1997	9.26%	14.8%
1998	8.77%	14.2%
1999	8.3%	13.6%
2000	7.85%	12.8%
2001	7.4%	12.1%
2002	6.96%	11.3%
2003	6.54%	10.5%
2004	6.12%	9.86%
2005	5.71%	9.24%
2006	5.32%	8.69%
2007	4.96%	8.16%
2008	4.62%	7.7%
2009	4.31%	7.24%
2010	4.03%	6.86%
2011	3.77%	6.5%
2012	3.56%	6.21%
2013	3.38%	5.95%
2014	3.22%	5.67%
2015	3.08%	5.48%
2016	2.96%	5.25%
2017	2.85%	5.02%
2018	2.74%	4.8%
2019	2.65%	4.6%
2020	2.55%	4.42%
2021	2.47%	4.22%
2022	2.39%	4.05%
2023	2.31%	3.89%